Supporter.



F. J. SCHNEIDER. SUPPORTER.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 27| i914.

Patented May 9,1916.

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FREDERICK J. SCHNEIDER, OF- NEW YORK, N. Y.

SUPPORTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 9, 1916.

Application led'October 27, 1914. Serial No. 868,817.

To all lwhom t may concern Be it known that I, FREDERICK J. SCHNEI- DER, a citizeny of the Unitedk States, andl a resident of the city of New York, Middle village, borough of Queens, in the county of Queens and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Supporter, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention `relates to stocking supporters and more particularly to improved means for increasing the elasticity of the supporter without increasing the effective length of the elastic element thereof, where by greater freedom in the movement of the limbs is provided for and tearing of the stockings obviated.

The invention further comprehends the provision of an improved stocking supporter which includes a frame designed to take several folds of the elastic element of the supporter, whereby added resiliency or elasticity is provided for within a shorter compass or supporter length, so that the invention is especially adapted for application where the distance between the body garment, such as a corset, and the stocking is at a minimum and so that the proper amount of elasticity necessary under the special circumstances will be present.

Vith the above and other objects in view, the invention resides more particularly in the combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated and claimed, it being an object to provide an article which is simple, durable and eliicient.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specilication, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of an improved frame constituting a part of the stocking supporter; Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view illustrating one method of attaching the elastic to the frame to provide two folds; Fig. 3 is a similar view showing another method of applying the elastic in which four folds are provided; Fig. 4 is a corresponding view for providingV three folds; Fig. 5 is a similar view showing the method of producing five folds; and Fig. 6 is a fragmentary elevation illustrating the application of the invention.

In carrying the invention into practice one application of the improved stocking supporter isshown, the supporter as a whole being indicated by the numeral 10 and comprising one or more elastic sections connected to a body garment 11, such as ay corset, and at the other end provided with a stocking engaging member 12 for attachment to a stocking 18. The supporter includes an elongated rectangular frame 14 havingside portions 1.5 and end portions 16, saidr frame being formed of metal or other suitable ma terial to withstand considerable strain and provided at spaced points from eachl end with a pair of cross bars 17 slightly spaced apart in parallel relation to each other and to the end members 16 and at right angles to the sides 1,5. These cross bars are preferably of circular cross section so that the elastic section or sections may have free movement thereover. One application of the use of the frame in producing a stocking supporter or the like is shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings in which a section 18 of elastic is adapted for attachment to the body garment and is extended in front of an end member 16 and between it and the adjacent cross bar 17 and at its free end is attached to the 'inner cross bar 17 as shown at 19, such as by passing the end of the elastic around said bar and stitching the same as shown at 20. A section of elastic 21 carries the stocking engaging member and is similarly attached to the frame in a reverse direction so that the two elastic sections overlap to provide two folds or lengths allowing greater elasticity than with a single section and permitting the elastic sections to slide between the ends and adjacent cross bars of the frame when strain is exerted thereon.

In Fig. 3 of the drawings the elastic sections are attached in the same manner except that in lieu of passing between the end members 16 and the adjacent cross bars 17, they are passed around the outer cross bar as shown at 22 and continued for another length for passage between said end members and the adjacent cross bars in the same manner. By this arrangementk four lengths of elastic are provided to increase the elasticity or resiliency of the supporter.

In Figs. 4 and 5 of the drawings the use of a single elastic section 23 is illustrated, in which one extremity thereof is adapted for attachment to the body garment in the ing between the end members 16 and vthe adjacent cross bars are returned in opposite directions as shown at 26 and finally eX- tended between said members and bars in such-a manner as to provide five ylengths or folds between the end members of the frame as distinguished from the provision of three lengths or folds in the arrangement shown in Fig.v 4.

It will thus be seen that provision is made for increased elasticity without increasing the effective length ofthe supporteror usual elastic `generally consisting of cloth covered rubber, and it will be obvious that when strain is exerted upon the elastic section or sections due to movements of the limbs, the portionsof the elastic constituting the folds or lengths within the area of the frame will give considerably more than would otherwise be possible andwill slide overthe cross bars and end members with such freedom-as to relieve the elastic of unnecessary strain withresultant prolonged period of use and Copie; of thisrpatent mayrbe obtained for five cents each, by addressingV the Washington, D.' C.

in such a manner as to obviate tearing of the garment or stockings.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is Il The combination with a rigid frame of substantially rectangular contour having sides and end portions and a plurality of rigid cross bars between the sides of the frame and parallel to the ends thereof.; of a plurality of folds of elastic material engaged with the end members and cross bars whereby resiliency in opposite directions from a fixed point is provided.

2. A supporter as characterized compris ing an elongated rigid frame; and a plurality of lapped elastic members, each eX- tending through said frame in guided relation thereto and projecting from the opposite ends thereof, the ends of said members being operatively connected.

3. A supporter as characterized comprising an elongatedA rigid frame;v an elastic member mounted therein in guided relation thereto, portions of said member being disposed in lapped relation within said frame and extended from opposite ends thereofrfor increasing the effective length of said member over the actual length of the device.

In testimon whereof I have signed m A name to this specilication in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. Y FREDERICK J. SCHNEIDER.

' lVitnesses VJOHN E. BUSCH,

PHILIP D. ROLLHAUS.

Commissioner of Patents. 

